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2024/07/09

July 9, 2024
A flat, gray, featureless landscape. Rising out of it is a tall, thin turret of a castle. The turret has one window in the side glowing red. Standing in the turret, waving a large black flag attached to a sword, is a figure wearing a crown. The figure's arms are spread apart as though it is speaking. The flag has indecipherable red marks on it that could be lettering. Coming from the figure's mouth is a giant white speech balloon filled with ugly, misshapen black marks. Figures on the ground are ducking the speech balloon as it hangs directly over their heads, as though it is a physical thing that could fall on them.

2024/07/08

July 8, 2024
A glowing greenish-white snake emerges from a buried egg or seed, and wends its way through the soil to emerge into the world. The soil is crowded with rocks, roots, and bits of junk. The world the snake emerges into is a dark night with an eerie green glow on the horizon. Fog hangs in the air. To the right stands, a cloaked figure holding a long staff with a glowing green flame at the end of it. The figure and the snake appear to be interacting.

2024/07/07

July 7, 2024
A small boat—a plastic purple canoe with a triangular rainbow sail attached—sits on top of a rock. It would appear to be marooned, if not for the fact that it is perfectly balanced, and there is a white mailbox with a red door on the right side of the rock. A person sits in the right side of the canoe in front of a laptop. White birds circle in the blue sky overhead. Seaweed hangs from the underside of the canoe.

2024/07/06

July 6, 2024
A small, weatherbeaten, wooden cabin. Only the right side is visible, including the right side of a window. Nothing is in the window. On top of the roof sits a cat. The cat is looking at a flying saucer hovering in the sky. The time of day is indeterminate; it could even be at night, although the sky looks quite bright. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a treeline. This is a monochrome drawing that looks like it was created in charcoal.

2024/07/05

July 5, 2024
A giant creature that looks like a plesiosaur rises out of the ocean, its long neck curving up into a yellow-green sky. Sitting on the back of it is someone under a beach umbrella. A few seabirds float in the sky.

2024/07/04

July 4, 2024
A person stands on a rocky mountain peak at sundown. At the top of the peak is a ragged flag, held together by an extremely rickety flagpole that is literally tied together. Arching into the sky is the white bolt of a firework about to explode. This is a mostly blue drawing.

2024/07/03

July 3, 2024
A giant undersea creature, something between a whale and an anglerfish. It has a vast, yawning mouth and a yellow eye, which is a portal with the silhouette of a person in it. It appears to be a machine; the lure in front of it is on the end of a precisely geometrical support, like a streetlight. The fish has other mechanical trappings on it, such as things that look like metal plates, and bolts. Small fish swim nearby. This is a mostly blue drawing.

2024/07/02

July 2, 2024
A barren, black landscape with the Y-shaped trunk of a scorched tree poking up from it. In the background are the yellow flames and red sky of a forest fire. On the left branch of the trees is a person sitting on a makeshift seat. The person is pointing a remote control towards the right branch of the tree, on which is mounted a large-screen television. The television looks like it is set to a talk show, likely one about how fine everything currently is.

2024/07/01

July 1, 2024
A deep woods at night. A crescent moon glows in a clear, starry sky. Beneath a thick hedge of trees are two figures, dueling with fencing swords. The figure on the left is wearing a khaki uniform with a patch on one shoulder and a rainbow stripe across it. The figure has a blue wolf's head and blue hands. The figure on the right is wearing a similar purple uniform and has a goldfish for a head.

2024/06/30

June 30, 2024
A trestle walkway with several people walking on it. Below the walkway sits a giant, house-sized monster with two horns, fur, and one red eye. The sky behind the monster and walkway is a flaming, red-yellow that suggests hell; and you notice that the people walking above have bright white halos. One appears to be leaning over the railing, looking down.

2024/06/29

June 29, 2024
A black mouse cursor—that arrow we all know—stands embedded into a desert, point down. It is huge, the size of a two- to three-story building, and appears to be made of rusting metal; Richard Serra comes to mind. Around it stand two small figures, casting long, brownish shadows on the desert floor. There is no visible horizon. The scene fades from the darker gold of the desert floor to the washed-out yellow of the sky. The sun itself is blazing white and hangs high in the sky, surrounded by birds.

2024/06/28

June 28, 2024
A giant yellow smiley-face, mounted on the side of a building as though it's a billboard. The sky is the dark blue of oncoming dusk, pink-tinged in the top right, and is slightly foggy. On top of the smiley-face sits a small hunched-over figure with dark fur and horns, wearing an angry-face mask.

2024/06/27

June 27, 2024
A sharp, craggy promontory with a slope on the left side and a steep drop on the right. At the very top is a One Way street sign pointing towards the edge. Approaching the sign from the slope is a hiker wearing a large pack and carrying a stick. The sky is a rough orange-red, with an orange sun in the top right.

2024/06/26

June 26, 2024
A person stands on a small wooden platform at either dawn or dusk. The sky is a dark blue; the person is standing under a streetlight on the platform. Next to the person is a large round sign with a faded red up arrow on it. The person has a suitcase next to them, as though they are standing at a bus stop. Dangling out of the sky from a source on scene is a gigantic S-shaped iron hook, the size of a small house. This hook appears to be about to take the person somewhere. In the background is a blurry tree line. There are a few wispy clouds in the sky.

2024/06/25

June 25, 2024
A huge pipe, grayish liquid pouring out of it. The pipe is above the ground, propped up by a thin wooden support. Beneath the pipe, on what looks like a small promontory, sits a horned figure with a pointed tail, tossing a wine bottle away into the valley. In the distance is the blurry suggestion of a forested mountain. A dim sun hangs high in the sky, birds, circling around. This is a mostly dull, orange drawing; the color of a hot, muggy day in a polluted place.

2024/06/24

June 24, 2024
The cavernous industrial interior of a spaceship. The walls appear to be made of some harsh, concrete-gray substance, and have various odd striations and geometric formations. The floor is flat and gray. In the lower right is a circular pipe or something in the wall; in the top right, there are three glowing vertical bars of greenish-white light. In the center is a huge round window through which is visible a black, deep-space sky full of stars and a blue planet. The planet has a slight blue color to it, and does not look like there is any life on it. Sitting on the lower part of the window is a gray cat with its tail hanging down, looking out through the window.

2024/06/23

June 23, 2024
A gray, cloudy night. A figure stands on a small soapbox in the middle of nowhere, the pose suggesting that they are giving a speech. Their left arm is extremely long and curved and they are holding a flashlight above their head, shining a dull gold beam down as though it's a spotlight. The beam of the light tapers off into haziness, suggesting fog.

2024/06/22

June 22, 2024
A scene at night. The sky is deep blue and filled with stars. Rising out of a meadow is a short platform that looks cylindrical, like a pipe or pedestal. Hovering above it is a glowing blue-white circle with bluish flame or fog dripping off of it.

2024/06/21

June 21, 2024
Two tall, thin skyscrapers. The one on the left rises up from the ground. The one on the right seems to be dangling down out of the sky, upside-down. Both have only one window at the very top. Below, the sky is blue; above, and to the right, the sky is the pink of sunrise or sunset. The window in the left building is dark; the window in the right building is glowing yellow. A thin staircase connects the two, extending downwards from the left building. On the left, a person sits at the top of the staircase. On the right, a cat is also sitting at the top of the staircase, but upside down, on the underside of the staircase, as though gravity is inverted.

2024/06/20

June 20, 2024
A pink sky fading to blue. The ground is not visible. Rising up from where the ground would be are two incredibly rickety poles made of bits and pieces that are tied together with cable. At the top of the left pole is a green traffic light; at the top of the right one is a red traffic light. Strung between the two poles is a long cable, hanging downwards. Sitting in the center of the cable, hanging in space, is a person. Several birds circle overhead.

2024/06/19

June 19, 2024
A very tall, dilapidated sign. The sign is an arrow shaped like an uppercase L, with the arrowhead at the base of the L, pointing right. The word "motel" is printed on the L in large, faded, red letters. The sign is weatherbeaten, with holes and patches on it, and is supported by a few rickety support beams. It appears to be in the middle of a desert: flat brown land, golden sky, yellow sun. The arrowhead is pointed at a small birdhouse directly to the right of the sign. Perched on top of the sign is a black bird.

2024/06/18

June 18, 2024
It's early morning or early evening. The sky is an indigo blue. A small rocket takes off from a simple launchpad, blasting into the air and leaving a towering inferno on the ground. The problem is that the rocket has launched at an angle, bouncing off the support structure to the left of it before seemingly regaining its trajectory and heading for space. The support structure has two small, pale, white lights on it and is slightly faded towards the top, suggesting fog. On the side of the rocket is a single round portal, revealing a figure silhouette in greenish light.

2024/06/17

June 17, 2024
A very tall, J-shaped creature that looks a little like something between a chicken and an ostrich. It has two spindly legs, an explosion of feathers sticking up from the back, and a very tall neck. However, it also has two small arms higher up on its neck. It is mostly a black silhouette framed against a dark blue sky, with one bright white eye visible.

2024/06/16

June 16, 2024
A headless figure, its right arm placed on its hip, stands casually in a large white space, casting a slight gray shadow. Above, a red balloon with a long string flies away from where the figure's head would be.

2024/06/15

June 15, 2024
A scene at night. Two tall, thin towers rise out of the fog. Connecting them is a horizontal bridge with iron latticework beneath it. At the top of each tower is a glowing yellow light. A person stands on the bridge. Above, in the sky, is a glowing full moon. The bridge looks like an uppercase letter H. This is a primarily blue drawing with accents of fluorescent green for the fog.

2024/06/14

June 14, 2024
An uppercase letter G. The G is fluorescent greenish-blue on a black background, and looks like it's comprised of staticky glowing vertical lines. The effect is somewhere between ghostly and technological.

2024/06/13

June 13, 2024
A fancy, scripted capital F. The F is golden white on a crimson and orange textured background.

2024/06/12

June 12, 2024
An uppercase sans-serif italic letter E. The letter is three-dimensional, with the front of it being bluish-green and the sides orange and yellow. The letter is on a rough, dark-green background. The overall style is very worn and textural, as though the letter is painted on an old wooden surface.

2024/06/11

June 11, 2024
A large, uppercase D. The letter is yellow, stenciled on a textured black background. In the top left and lower right corners are yellow splashes where the paint spilled over the square stencil template. The letter is grubby and smudged, as if it's been stenciled on asphalt in a parking lot.

2024/06/10

June 10, 2024
A large, black-letter capital C. The letter is on a mostly white background stained with blue, green, and yellow. The letter is darker; it looks like a black letter painted heavily with bright colors.

2024/06/09

June 9, 2024
A large, uppercase B, in a serif typeface that suggests Trajan or some old-style type face primarily used on stone. The letter is white, on a dark blue background. However, the letter is covered with a colorful array of yellow, red, green, and magenta paint splashes.

2024/06/08

June 8, 2024
A large, uppercase, sans-serif letter A. The letter is set on a dark gray-black background and looks three-dimensional, as if cut from wood. The front of the letter is yellow; the sides are a mix of dark orange and hot pink.

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